Uncovering the History Behind the Texas Flag: A Look Back in Time Do you ever take a moment and wonder about the symbols we see every day? Like, what stories do they tell or purposes they fulfill? Take, for instance, the Lone Star Flag of Texas. Myriad threads of history have woven together to shape […]
American schoolkids learn about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution, and men like James Bowie and David Crockett who defended it. When Santa Anna’s army arrived outside the walls, Lt. Col. William “Buck” Travis sent for reinforcements. He wrote: ”… our flag still waves proudly from the walls – I shall never […]
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, Greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the woods so’s he knew every tree, Killed him a bear when he was only three. Davy, Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier.If you are old enough then you remember and can sing along with this tune […]
In 1833 Santa Anna became President of Mexico. An elitist, he feared and thought little of the common man. Ignoring Mexico’s constitution, he dissolved congress, ordered the civil militia disarmed, and established his own dictatorship. The Americans who had legally settled in Texas, a Mexican state, were not happy about this, to say the least. […]
